COVID-19 in Australia

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A small jump in new cases in Victoria today. The 14 day average is now at 5, which was the magic number Dan Andrews spoke of that would facilitate further easing of restrictions.

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The small jump is mostly due to a minor outbreak in the northern suburbs.

A kid went to school when he should have been isolating, forcing hundreds into isolation and the closure of the school.

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The small jump is mostly due to a minor outbreak in the northern suburbs.

A kid went to school when he should have been isolating, forcing hundreds into isolation and the closure of the school.

Yep, just highlights how dangerous this virus is, how easily it can spread and how precarious things are in general with regards to containing the spread.

No data out of NSW yet, which is pretty slack at 10.35am.

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Well done Victoria! The 14 day avg in your state as of today is just 4.6!!

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Great data coming out of Victoria today! You beauty!!

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Donut Day! You little beauty.

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Well done - but Andrews will lose any support he has if he restricts movements too much with those numbers I feel.

The success of response doesn't just rest with the politicians, but also the will of the people.

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Well done - but Andrews will lose any support he has if he restricts movements too much with those numbers I feel.

The success of response doesn't just rest with the politicians, but also the will of the people.

Disregard the News Ltd bullshit available in the NZ Hurled.

Today or tomorrow Dan will announce significant easing of restrictions.

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Well done - but Andrews will lose any support he has if he restricts movements too much with those numbers I feel.

The success of response doesn't just rest with the politicians, but also the will of the people.

Disregard the News Ltd bullshit available in the NZ Hurled.

Today or tomorrow Dan will announce significant easing of restrictions.

100%. News Ltd are waging an unrelenting war on Andrews. I wouldn't believe anything about Andrews that is published in a News Ltd publication.

[Jimmy Smallsteps]

Well done - but Andrews will lose any support he has if he restricts movements too much with those numbers I feel.

The success of response doesn't just rest with the politicians, but also the will of the people.

Disregard the News Ltd bullshit available in the NZ Hurled.

Today or tomorrow Dan will announce significant easing of restrictions.

100%. News Ltd are waging an unrelenting war on Andrews. I wouldn't believe anything about Andrews that is published in a News Ltd publication.

Blatantly dishonest misreporting.

#ThisIsNotJournalism.

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Another great day for Melb, 0 new cases and 0 deaths!

[MungoMan]

Disregard the News Ltd bullshit available in the NZ Hurled.

Today or tomorrow Dan will announce significant easing of restrictions.

100%. News Ltd are waging an unrelenting war on Andrews. I wouldn't believe anything about Andrews that is published in a News Ltd publication.

Blatantly dishonest misreporting.

#ThisIsNotJournalism.

By way of balance, following is some honest advice for Wednesday.

Now is not the time for pots. Pints or GTFO!

[Steve]

Cant believe what's going on in Australia.The police are a disgrace.

[JPNZ]

Cant believe what's going on in Australia.The police are a disgrace.

Yeah ive seen some almost US style policing on youtube and the like, a real shame that Melbourne has turned like that.

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Another great day for Melb, 0 new cases and 0 deaths!

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Cant believe what's going on in Australia.The police are a disgrace.

Yeah ive seen some almost US style policing on youtube and the like, a real shame that Melbourne has turned like that.

Don't make me laugh. With the amount of selfish, entitled, weak, narcissistic morons we have in Western societies these days the police were to soft.

From the start I was calling for Martial law with APCs and armed infantry units on the street.

As the sign says, don't mistake inconvenience for oppression.

God help us if the PLA ever invade.

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It will be interesting to keep an eye on those Victorian numbers after next Tuesdee.

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Double doughnut day for Victoria. Well done.

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Thanks. Two pub bookings down and it's been seriously entertaining getting out on the beers.

Friday night at the Railway Club Hotel and then an arvo sesh at The Cricketers, both in Port Melbourne.

The local punters were chipper and thirsty.

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Thanks. Two pub bookings down and it's been seriously entertaining getting out on the beers.

Friday night at the Railway Club Hotel and then an arvo sesh at The Cricketers, both in Port Melbourne.

The local punters were chipper and thirsty.

Many proud (and deserved)!

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Fuck yeah! I'm going to celebrate with a pub lunch and a few pints at one of my locals in T-1 hr 40.

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Fuck yeah! I'm going to celebrate with a pub lunch and a few pints at one of my locals in T-1 hr 40.

Enjoy yourself, you deserve it!

[Niegs]

Well done, Australia! All I hear is news of surges, including Canada where Ontario and Quebec are at or just under 1000 per day.

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Well done, Australia! All I hear is news of surges, including Canada where Ontario and Quebec are at or just under 1000 per day.

Stay safe mate. Those numbers are very challenging because they make it almost impossible to effectively contact trace even for the best resourced health system.

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Well done, Australia! All I hear is news of surges, including Canada where Ontario and Quebec are at or just under 1000 per day.

Stay safe mate. Those numbers are very challenging because they make it almost impossible to effectively contact trace even for the best resourced health system.

Cheers! ... and I think you're right about the challenge. It's mostly in the bigger cities, which I avoid like the pl ... well, you know.

There was a story last week where they were able to track 44 cases to one wedding. It sounded like they were people from the higher-infected Toronto area who held the event in an outlying region where they could have larger numbers in attendance. Who knows how many more will come from that, or how many could have? Community spread numbers where I am is between 10 and 20 a day for the last two months. It's close enough that lots of people commute and venture into the Greater Toronto Area, so I wonder how much of ours is from that kind of 'untraceable' contact spreading?

It seems that a lot of people are letting their guard down like this (in addition to the small few I see at shops - one per big grocery store seems to be the average - who aren't wearing any PPE and likely have a 'can't be bothered' attitude about it all).

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It seems that a lot of people are letting their guard down like this (in addition to the small few I see at shops - one per big grocery store seems to be the average - who aren't wearing any PPE and likely have a 'can't be bothered' attitude about it all).

It's the same here - masks are now the exception

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It seems that a lot of people are letting their guard down like this (in addition to the small few I see at shops - one per big grocery store seems to be the average - who aren't wearing any PPE and likely have a 'can't be bothered' attitude about it all).

It's the same here - masks are now the exception

I maybe made that confusing. Almost everyone's wearing masks where I am, apart from a select few. Our region's numbers aren't great, but aren't nearly as bad as around Toronto.

Maybe it's not the case in Toronto? Maybe they are congregating in groups more? Maybe it's affecting more people who are working / living in cramped quarters?

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Well done Victoria! Another double zero day! You're worth it!!

[mat the expat]

It seems that a lot of people are letting their guard down like this (in addition to the small few I see at shops - one per big grocery store seems to be the average - who aren't wearing any PPE and likely have a 'can't be bothered' attitude about it all).

It's the same here - masks are now the exception

I maybe made that confusing. Almost everyone's wearing masks where I am, apart from a select few. Our region's numbers aren't great, but aren't nearly as bad as around Toronto.

Maybe it's not the case in Toronto? Maybe they are congregating in groups more? Maybe it's affecting more people who are working / living in cramped quarters?

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Another 'double zero' day for Victoria. You beauty!!!!

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So good for Victoria!

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